When we spotted <a href="http://www.facebook.com/AGENTDISRUPTIVE">AGENT's</a> amazing EOSkate paper skateboard over on <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/exclusive/from_book_to_board_eoskate_paper_skateboard_by_agent_21894.asp">Core77</a>, we just had to share it with you. Brothers Mauricio and Sebastian Lara from <a href="http://www.eosmexico.com/">EOS México</a> received hundreds of extra books when they were working on a new commemorative volume, so they invited 11 designers to find a cool new purpose for them - including <a href="http://destroyafteruse.com/">Alberto Villarreal</a> and the rest of the AGENT team. Villarreal explains that they experimented with the 6-10 books they received for a while before finally deciding to turn the colorful pages into fully-functioning paper skateboards.

Instead of letting them go to waste, they invited 11 designers in Mexico to come up with a create re-use for them.

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The AGENT team decided to turn the colorful pages into recycled paper skateboards.

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EOSkate by AGENT

First, the designers cut and folded the pages.

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Then they created interesting gradients and patterns.

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These patterns involve varying layers of paper.

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The patterns were then dipped in resin and "frozen."

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They were careful to line up the patterns and gradients.

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AGENT then experimented with a mold made from a wooden skateboard.

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They made several prototypes until they were happy with the final result!

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EOSkate by AGENT

When we spotted AGENT's amazing EOSkate paper skateboard over on Core77, we just had to share it with you. Brothers Mauricio and Sebastian Lara from EOS México received hundreds of extra books when they were working on a new commemorative volume, so they invited 11 designers to find a cool new purpose for them - including Alberto Villarreal and the rest of the AGENT team. Villarreal explains that they experimented with the 6-10 books they received for a while before finally deciding to turn the colorful pages into fully-functioning paper skateboards.